Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Tell Me I'm Funny....

For the purposes of this story, please note the Tashlheit for 'cat' is 'amush', and that 'no problem' is 'mashi mushkil'. Ahem...

So the last evening at my host family's place was going swimmingly - we were chatting and watching tv, talking about the future and the definition of ice hockey when we moved to the main room for dinner. The family cat was especially jumpy this evening, and refused to leave the tagine alone, evading every attempt we made to shoo it away. We dropped our guard after a few moments, and that's when the cat swooped in for the kill...landing square on the main dish.

My host family was horrified, and quickly shooed it away and out the door. The following exchange is verbatim:

About Me

Maggie is an avid people watcher who knows a lot about a little and a little about a lot. She also has a degree in geology, which means she can giggle with authority at Dante's Peak, but not much else. She is currently a Peace Corps volunteer in southwest Morocco.